Comedian shares funny and heartbreaking tweets from dying father's bedside

Laurie Kilmartin’s father is dying from lung cancer.

By Emer McLysaght Thursday 27 Feb 2014, 6:00 PM

Feb 27th 2014, 6:00 PM 43,605 Views 34 Comments

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COMEDIAN LAURIE KILMARTIN’s father is dying of lung cancer.

The Conan O’Brien writer is regularly tweeting from his bedside in a hospice during his final days.

On 20 February Laurie’s Dad entered a hospice

20 February

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And for the past week she has been tweeting a stream of comments – both funny and heartbreaking – from his bedside.

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Comedian shares funny and heartbreaking tweets from dying father's bedside